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THOMAS WELLER MCCARTHY
Captain · U.S. Army
April 30, 1933 – March 3, 1964
Service recordThomas Weller McCarthy, of Chevy Chase, Maryland, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on March 3, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 45
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- April 30, 1933
- Home of record
- Chevy Chase, Maryland (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1964
- Age
- 30
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1964. In March 1964, 17 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 45
- MORRIS RALPH MCBRIDECaptain · March 3, 1964
- HERBERT FRANCIS HARDY JRCaptain · March 4, 1964
- THOMAS MALCOLM HERGERTColonel · March 8, 1964
- JOHN FRANCIS SHEAPrivate First Class · March 9, 1964
Same unit, same day
- MORRIS RALPH MCBRIDECaptain · Panel 1E, Line 45
From Chevy Chase
- DAVID LAWTON HODGESLieutenant · October 7, 1967
- ROY TULANE OKEEFESergeant · February 6, 1968
- CHARLES LAWRENCE FLOTTCaptain · June 5, 1972
- PATRICK A DECK JRFirst Lieutenant · September 18, 1965
- GEORGE BADEN WARINGMajor · August 26, 1972
- JEREMIAH FREDERICK COSTELLOCaptain · May 25, 1973
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.